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BOWIE LINEAGES AND DNA
For resources about the various lineages, see the Background page.
*** MIGRATIONS ***
IRELAND
No geographical or migration information. Kit 374608
SCOTLAND
Ayrshire, Scotland
——> ?
Banff, Scotland (1608)
——> Pennsylvania (1783)
Edinburgh, Scotland Kits 154245, 526510 (upgrade 526450 to confirm match)
——> ?
Jura, Scotland
——> North Carolina ("Donald Buie, a smith from Jura, settled in North Carolina in 1754", Dobson) Kit 478720 matches the Isle of Jura Buie/McDonald DNA (Isle of Jura results)
Stirlingshire, Scotland
Some believe that John, James, George and Alexander were brothers or cousins and that John went to Maryland, George went to Boston (and some of his family then went to Maine), Alexander went to North Caroline, and James stayed in Scotland. Please reach out if you have primary or secondary source documentation that may support or refute any part of this. Advanced Y DNA testing using the Big Y 700 kit can also help eludicate how the various lineages may or may not be related.
——> Australia
——> Boston
——> Canada (bef. 1833)
——> Maine
————> Nova Scotia
———————> Massachusetts
————>New Hampshire
————>Massachusetts
——> Maryland
————> Prince Charles County (no known connection to Prince Georges County; EG Bowie)
——————> Abbeville, South Carolina atDNA matches to Bowies of Australia
————> Prince Georges County (no known connection to Prince Charles County; EG Bowie; ) Big Y Kits B684752, 187680, 217400
——————> Georgia
————————> Tennessee
————————————> Louisiana Big Y Kit B684752 James Bowie FMC (not to be confused with, but contemporary to, Col. James Bowie of Alamo fame below) Web Notes
——————————————> Texas James Bowie, b. KY 1796 and d. 1 Mar 1836, Battle of Alamo Alamo Bio | The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas (John Henry Brown) Amazon
——> South Carolina ()
——> Virginia
————> Ohio KIT #187680, Big Y DNA match to Prince Georges Co. MD kits
*** LINEAGES ***
Scotland, Jura
Dun..Buie Esq. b 1759 in Jura, d 1841 in Cumberland NC
Maine
- Genealogical Notes Of Durham, Maine, by Everett S. Stackpole (1899)
Maryland - Prince Charles Co … NB: .
Maryland - Prince George's Co … NB: .
- Across the Years in Prince George's County by Effie Gwynn
—— Version One
John Bowie Sr. b 1688 Scotland [Edinburgh?] d 1759 m Mary Mullikin … Said to be the first Bowie in the Maryland colony.John Bowie b 1708 d 1753James Bowie b 1739 d 1790Rezin P. Bowie b 1762 d 1819James Bowie b 1795 d 1839Rufus Bowie b 1828 d 1870David Bowie b 1857Augustus (Gus) Bowie b 1885
—— Verison Two (from this Geni "First Families of Maryland")
John Bowie, Sr. (1688 - 1759), immigrantCapt. William Bowie (1721 - ), delegate to the Annapolis Convention (1774 - 1776)Walter Bowie (1748 - 1810), politicianRobert Bowie (1750 - 1818), Governor of MarylandWilliam Duckett Bowie (1803 - 1873)Thomas Fielder Bowie (1808 - 1869), Representative of MarylandOden Bowie (1826 - 1894), 34th Governor of Maryland
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Capt. William Bowie Sr. b 1721 Brookridge, Prince George Co., MD d 1791 m Margaret SpriggWalter Bowie Sr. b 1748 Mattaponi, Prince George Co., MD d 1811 m Mary BrookesWilliam Bowie b 29 Jan 1776 Locust Grove, Prince George Co., MD d 1826 m Catherine (Kitty Beans) DuckettCol. William Duckett Bowie b 7 Oct 1803 Fairview, Prince George Co., MD d 1873 m Eliza OdenGov. Oden Bowie b 10 Nov 1826 Fairview, Prince George Co., MD d 1894 m Alice CarterWashington Booth Bowie b 1874 Prince George Co., MD d 1938 m Marie Williams
Virginia
KIT 187680
William Bowie b 1791 VA d 1853 Union Co., OHJames William Bowie b 1822 OH d 1863 Alton, IL m Nancy Ann HearnEli C. Bowie b 1845 Noble Co., OH d 1922 Ritchie Co., WV m Priscilla HaynesCharles Michael Bowie b 1877 OH d 1966 Ritchie Co., WV m Catherine J. BowieEli C. Bowie b 1913 Ritchie Co., WV d 1978 Ritchie Co., WV m Arwanda Brooks